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Occult vs Opaque - What's the difference?

occult | opaque |

As verbs the difference between occult and opaque

is that occult is (astronomy) to cover or hide from view while opaque is to make, render (more) opaque.

As adjectives the difference between occult and opaque

is that occult is (lb) secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected while opaque is neither reflecting nor emitting light.

As nouns the difference between occult and opaque

is that occult is supernatural affairs while opaque is (obsolete|poetic) an area of darkness; a place or region with no light.

occult

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (astronomy) To cover or hide from view.
    • The earth occults the moon during a lunar eclipse.
  • (rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (lb) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected
  • :
  • *(Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
  • *:It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.
  • Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
  • Esoteric.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    • Derived terms

    * occult line

    Noun

    (-)
  • Supernatural affairs.

    • Related terms

    * occultation

    opaque

    English

    (wikipedia opaque)

    Alternative forms

    * opake

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
  • Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
  • (figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
  • (figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
  • (computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.

    • Antonyms

    * (physically) see-through, translucent, transparent * (figuratively) clear, obvious, bright, brilliant

    Usage notes

    * The comparative opaquer and superlative opaquest, though formed following valid rules for English, are much less common than more opaque' and ' most opaque and seem to occur more frequently in poetry.

    Derived terms

    * opaquely * opaqueness * radiopaque

    Related terms

    * opacity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, poetic) An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
  • * 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , I:
    • Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.
  • Something which is opaque rather than translucent.

    • Verb

  • To make, render (more) opaque.

    • Synonyms

    * blur * cloud

    See also

    * translucent

    References

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